BLUE PLATE SPECIAL
SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL
EARTHLY ROMAN CANDLE
LIFE A-BOUNDARIES
DID YOU KNOW?
100
The layer of the Earth that we live on
What is the crust
100
Shaking of the surface of the Earth
What is an Earthquake
100
Molten rock inside a volcano
What is magma
100
At a ________, plates grind by each other
What is a transform fault boundary
100
The plates of the lithosphere float on the __________
What is an asthenosphere
200
Large pieces of the Earth's crust
What are the continental plates
200
The point in the Earth's crust where rocks break and the earthquake begins
What is the focus
200
The mountain that is formed when molten rock reaches the Earth's surface through a vent is known as a __________.
What is a volcano
200
At a _______, the Earth's plates collide
What is a convergent boundary
200
When Pangea broke into 2 continents they were called
What is Gandwanna and Laurasia
300
Name of Super continent which included all of the land masses on Earth
What is Pangea
300
A fault caused when the hanging wall slides down the foot wall do to tension
What is a Normal fault
300
These are formed when molten rock erupts on the earth's surface
What are volcanic mountains
300
A theory called _________ explains how new crust is formed
What is sea-floor spreading
300
The super continent of Pangea was surrounded be this body of water
What is a Panthalassa
400
Scientists believe that plates are moving continuously but __________ each year
What is slowly
400
This causes rock layer to bend due to stress
What is folding
400
The area of the earth where most volcanos occur
What is the ring of fire
400
An enormous crack in the Earth's ocean floor
What is a rift
400
A theory called _______ explains the movement of the Earth's plates
What is plate tectonics
500
Plates moving towards each other
What is Convergent
500
The scale that measures energy released by an earthquake
What is the Richter Scale
500
This occurs when rock layers break due to stress
What is a faulting
500
Earth's plates move apart along a _________ ___________
What is divergent boundary
500
Iceland is part of a long underwater range of mountains known as ____________
What is a mid-ocean ridge
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